Prioritizing habitat core areas and corridors for a large carnivore across its range

Ż Kaszta, SA Cushman, DW Macdonald - Animal Conservation, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
With increasing loss and fragmentation of habitats driving the emerging global extinction
crisis, paired with limited resources for conservation, there is an immense need to identify …

Defining priorities for global snow leopard conservation landscapes

J Li, BV Weckworth, TM McCarthy, X Liang, Y Liu… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is an apex predator on the Tibetan Plateau and in the
surrounding mountain ranges. It is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN's Red List. The large …

Multi-scale habitat selection modeling identifies threats and conservation opportunities for the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi)

DW Macdonald, HM Bothwell, AJ Hearn… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Clouded leopards are among Asia's most widely distributed felids, but also among its least
known and most vulnerable. Clouded leopards occur in some of the most rapidly …

Reducing persecution is more effective for restoring large carnivores than restoring their prey

B Bleyhl, A Ghoddousi, E Askerov… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Large carnivores are currently disappearing from many world regions because of habitat
loss, prey depletion, and persecution. Ensuring large carnivore persistence requires …

Identifying important conservation areas for the clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa in a mountainous landscape: Inference from spatial modeling techniques

U Penjor, DW Macdonald, S Wangchuk… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The survival of large carnivores is increasingly precarious due to extensive human
development that causes the habitat loss and fragmentation. Habitat selection is influenced …

Evaluating scenarios of landscape change for Sunda clouded leopard connectivity in a human dominated landscape

AJ Hearn, SA Cushman, B Goossens… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
The forests of Borneo support some of the highest biodiversity in the world, yet have
experienced among the world's highest rates of deforestation. Such rapid forest loss and …

Multi‐scale habitat modelling identifies spatial conservation priorities for mainland clouded leopards (Neofelis nebulosa)

DW Macdonald, HM Bothwell, Ż Kaszta… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Deforestation is rapidly altering Southeast Asian landscapes, resulting in some of the
highest rates of habitat loss worldwide. Among the many species facing declines in this …

Identifying priority conservation landscapes and actions for the Critically Endangered Javan leopard in Indonesia: Conserving the last large carnivore in Java Island

HT Wibisono, HA Wahyudi, E Wilianto… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
With the extirpation of tigers from the Indonesian island of Java in the 1980s, the endemic
and Critically Endangered Javan leopard is the island's last remaining large carnivore. Yet …

Predicting global population connectivity and targeting conservation action for snow leopard across its range

P Riordan, SA Cushman, D Mallon, K Shi… - Ecography, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Movements of individuals within and among populations help to maintain genetic variability
and population viability. Therefore, understanding landscape connectivity is vital for effective …

Comparison of habitat suitability and connectivity modelling for three carnivores of conservation concern in an Iranian montane landscape

A Mohammadi, K Almasieh, D Nayeri, MA Adibi… - Landscape …, 2022 - Springer
Context Habitat loss and fragmentation are main drivers of biodiversity loss and are
occurring at an accelerating rate globally. Carnivores are often subject to persecution and …